Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels before and after Intravitreous Ranibizumab Injection for Retinopathy of Prematurity by Xuting Chen, Lin Zhou, Qi Zhang, Yu Xu, Peiquan Zhao, Hongping Xia

“…The serum concentrations of VEGF 1 day before and 1 day, 3 days, and 7 days after a total of 0.5 mg intravitreal injections of ranibizumab were 226.9 (198.4, 272.4), 12.8 (7.0, 22.4), 16 (12.0, 20.8), and 33.7 (24.0, 48.0) pg/ml, respectively. …”
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies and sociodemographic features of pregnant women in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional survey study by Maryan Abdullahi Sh. Nur, Hassan Abdullahi Dahie, Nima Abdi Hassan, Bashiru Garba, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Najib Isse Dirie, Mohamed Hussein Adam

“…The participants were subjected to questionnaire interviews where their detailed history and practice of prevention against COVID-19 were evaluated.Results The results showed that 175 (36.7%) were positive while 302 (63.3%) samples were negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies. …”
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Racial Disparities in Cancer Guideline-Concordant Treatment Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Data for Patients With NSCLC by Eric Ababio Anyimadu, MS, Jacklyn M. Engelbart, MD, Jason Semprini, PhD, Amanda Kahl, MPH, Cameron Trentz, MS, John M. Buatti, MD, Thomas L. Casavant, PhD, Mary E. Charlton, PhD, Guadalupe Canahuate, PhD

“…Non-Hispanic Asians had the highest odds of receiving GCIT (OR = 1.02; 95% CI: 0.99–1.05). Patients receiving GCIT had improved survival, with early stage patients experiencing median survival of 67 to 102 months, compared with 11 to 17 months for those without GCIT. …”
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Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Wine Produced from Blended Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) and Lantana camara (L. camara) Fruits by Zenebe Tadesse Tsegay, Kidu Mezgebe Gebremedhin

“…The final wine was characterized as having pH of 3.47 ± 0.04, 4.6 ± 0.02 g/L sugar equivalent to dextrose, 0.33 ± 0.006% titratable acidity (w/v citric acid), total phenol of 696.1 ± 22.1 mg/L equivalent to gallic acid, and 4.35 ± 0.4 mg/mL organic acid equivalent to citric acid composition. …”
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Frequency and factors associated with loss to follow-up in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patient: a single-centre study by Sumariyono Sumariyono, Rudy Hidayat, Faisal Parlindungan, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo Wibowo, Anna Ariane, Johanda Damanik, Abirianty Priandani Araminta, Ryzkianty Annis Nurdin

“…After multivariate analysis, transportation constraints remained a significant factor (OR = 6.397; 05% CI: 1.622–25.228). Conclusions Among newly diagnosed RA patients, 65 (25%) were LTFU. …”
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Design and Experimental Research on Staggered Straw Cleaning Device for No-Till Seeding in Drip Irrigation Area by Panpan Yuan, Xingliang Zhu, Xuejun Zhang, Jia You, Jinshan Yan, Shilong Qiu

“…The optimal solutions were obtained: the forwarding speed was 9 km/h, the disc rake angle was 33.7°, and the lateral distance of the middle tine discs was 529 mm. …”
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The effect of offline student conferences on the levels of satisfaction, learning and performance of medical intern students on the basis of the Kirkpatrick’s educational model by Ezatolah Rahimi Rahimi, Nasrin Moghimi, Solmaz Derakhshan, Roonak Mohajerpour, Khaled Rahmani, Yadolah Zarezadeh

“…The results showed that 17 of the students, i.e. 37.7% of the studied participants, had viewed less than 50% of the conferences, 15 of them, i.e. 33.3, had viewed between 50% and 90% of the conferences, and 13 of them, i.e. 28.8%, had seen more than 90% of the conferences. …”
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Biodiversity of Marine Mollusk Assemblages from Two Contrasted Algal Habitats in the Mediterranean Sea (Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava, NE Spain) by Manuel Ballesteros, Angra S. Silva, Óscar F. Villamizar, Miquel Pontes, Francesc Oliva

“…Moreover, 10 species accounted for 76.27% of the total abundance, with each species represented by over 100 specimens in the total samples. …”
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Comparative efficacy of <i>Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Lactobacillus rhamnosus</i> composition and prucalopride in treatment of const... by V. T. Ivashkin, O. M. Drapkina, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova

“…Overall 8 men (16%) and 42 women (84%) with mean age of 35 years [33,7; 41,1 years] were investigated. Patients received probiotic Florasan-D 250 mg bid, placebo — in a similar mode; patients received Resolor 2 mg as a single-dose in the morning. …”
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Clinical outcome of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an 11-year follow-up study by Steven Dooley, Juan Du, Xiaoping Tang, Lan Chen, Jinzhu Jia, Fujun Li, Yanyan Shi, Christoph Meyer, Zhongwei Zhu, Yanming Zhang, Roman Liebe, Keming Hu, Tingting Zhou, Huier Zhang, Hong-Lei Weng, Tong Huang

“…Over an 11-year follow-up period, 12.6%, 37.7% and 14.2% of male patients with NAFLD and 11.6%, 44.7% and 22.6% of female patients with NAFLD developed diabetes, hypertension and hyperuricaemia, respectively. …”
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The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting Li... by Siddharth Sripada, Harrison Loader, Man Hei Marcus Kam, Arslan Khaliq Raja, Joshua Haggart, Thomas Fawcett, Cameron Peattie, Samuel Molyneux, Nicholas Clement

“…The mean EQ-5D score for the study cohort was significantly worse than the matched score (difference, 0.367; p<0.001), and the same trend was observed for all eight dimensions of the SF-36 score. …”
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Implementation of a rapid host-protein diagnostic test for distinguishing bacterial and viral infections in adults presenting to urgent care centers: a pragmatic cohort study by Boaz Kalmovich, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Ilan Yehoshua, Sara Kivity, Noam Orvieto, Shirley Shapiro Ben David

“…Hospitalizations were recorded for 7 days post-UCC discharge. Results During implementation, 3920 MMBV tests were ordered for adults (age ≥ 18) by 144 physicians. …”
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Adaptation Strategies for Hemp in Alkaline Salt Environments: Fertilizer Management for Nutrient Uptake and Optimizing Growth by Yunshu Ye, Haoyu Wang, Panpan Zhang, Yuhong Zhang

“…The N1P2K2 treatment (N 120 mg·L⁻¹, P 238 mg·L⁻¹, K 348 mg·L⁻¹) significantly enhanced plant performance, increasing shoot biomass by 45.3% and root biomass by 38.7% compared to the control. This optimal combination maintains the K⁺/Na⁺ ratio in leaves above 1.2 and regulated Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺ homeostasis, maintaining a ratio of 2.8–3.2, indicating improved salt tolerance. …”
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Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave: large-scale real-world data analysis with a comparison to influenza by Koichi Miyashita, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Eiji Nakatani, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Karayama, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Toshiyuki Ojima, Takafumi Suda

“…Results The mortality rates (average number of deaths/cases per week) of COVID-19 decreased over time, being 2.7% (169/6312), 2.1% (397/18,754), 0.7% (195/28,273), and 0.4% (1613/378,848) in the wild-type–, Alpha-, Delta-, and Omicron-predominant waves, respectively. …”
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BMI trajectories are associated with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis via aging-inflammation mediation by Haiyang Peng, Zhibo Zhao, Jianping Gong, Kun He

“…The Rapid Ascending trajectory significantly correlated with NAFLD (OR = 2.21, 95% CI 1.29–3.77) and advanced fibrosis (OR = 3.04, 95% CI 1.13–8.22). …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Prepapillary Arterial Loop: An Isolated Ocular Disease? Case Report and Literature Review by Mansour AM, Parodi MB, Casella AMB, Kheir WJ, Bashshur ZF

“…Ahmad M Mansour,1 Maurizio Battaglia Parodi,2 Antônio Marcelo Barbante Casella,3 Wajiha J Kheir,1 Ziad Fayez Bashshur1 1Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute Milan, Milan, Italy; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, BrazilCorrespondence: Ahmad M Mansour, Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel +961-337-7633, Email ammansourmd@gmail.comPurpose: When branch retinal artery occlusion is linked to prepapillary artery loop, is a systemic work-up necessary?…”
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Incremental long-term benefit of drug therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in quality of life but not mortality: a network meta-analysis by Qiong Pan, Jiongzhou Sun, Shiyuan Gao, Zian Liu, Yiwen Huang, Yixin Lian

“…ICS/LABA/LAMA/dupilumab was the most effective in decreasing exacerbation risk (OR = 0.561 [95% CI: 0.387–0.810]), followed by ICS/LABA/LAMA (OR = 0.717 [95% CI: 0.626–0.817]). …”
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Molecular Detection of Panton Valentine Leukocidin Toxin in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Kiambu County, Kenya by Sani Iliya, Jonathan Mwangi, Ronald Maathai, Mary Muriuki, Christopher Wainaina

“…Out of 138 samples that were collected from patients in Kiambu County, 54 S. aureus isolates were obtained, of which 14 (25.9%; 95% CI = 11.9–38.9) samples had PVL toxins. The isolates that were obtained from the female patients had a higher PVL toxin prevalence of 35.7%, while the isolates collected from the male patients had a lower prevalence of 15.4% (P=0.09). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Gastrointestinal Metastases in Solid Tumor Patients: A Retrospective Study and Review of Literatures by Li Lin, Xiangyi Wang, Chuanhao Tang, Jun Liang

“…Results. 30 patients (median age 56 years, 56.7% female) were included. The most common primary carcinomas associated with gastrointestinal metastases were breast (11 patients, 36.7%), stomach (9 patients, 30.0%), and lung (4 patients, 13.3%) cancer. …”
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Exploring the Relationships Between Behavioural Biases and the Rational Behaviour of Australian Female Consumers by Abhishek Sharma, Chandana Hewege, Chamila Perera

“…Using a quantitative approach, a structural equation modelling (SEM) was conducted on the proposed theoretical framework with a cleaned dataset of 357 Australian female consumers, which revealed that behavioural biases significantly influence each stage of rational decision-making when making financial decisions. …”
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